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Movie Review

SHADOW IN THE CLOUDS, WOMEN UNDER PATRIARCHY

January 23 , 2021 . By Christian Tesfaye

Some movies require a specific mood and environment for watching. Sometimes, we want a movie to not be too complicated, but easy to understand, the sort where the story takes the audience on a fun and quirky journey. At the same time, it should not ins...

SOUL, QUITE SOULFUL

January 3 , 2021 . By Christian Tesfaye

Suppose Freud’s theories into the human psyche were more sanitised of his obsession with sexuality and his predictions and understanding were more life-affirming. In that case, it might have resembled the theme of Soul, Pixar’s newest offering. Man...

On the Nolanite Tradition of Time, Reality: Taken Too Far

December 26 , 2020 . By Christian Tesfaye

After months of waiting following its release in the West, Tenet has finally hit theatres here in Ethiopia, showing in malls in at least two locations, at Century Mall and Biresh CinePlus. It is one of the most anticipated movies of the year, even befo...

TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO SEVEN

November 29 , 2020 . By Christian Tesfaye

BORAT: 'VERY NICE' MOVIE AMERICANA

October 31 , 2020 . By Christian Tesfaye

Borat Sagdiyev - the Kazakh who stole our hearts with his unfathomable levels of anti-Semitism, sexism and racism - is back. And as our current state of politics would have it, his experiences are ever more crude and cruel. Some jokes do not even sound fu...

Residue: Spiritual Sequel to Teza

September 19 , 2020 . By Christian Tesfaye

Residue is the spiritual sequel to the acclaimed Teza. The latter is a movie by Ethiopia’s single most acclaimed filmmaker, Haile Gerima, while Residue is the directorial debut of his son, Merawi. Clearly, filmmaking genuis runs in the family, wr...

SWEETNESS IN THE SIDE-STORY

September 6 , 2020 . By Christian Tesfaye

The momentousness of the latter half of the 20th century in Ethiopia is stark in the popular imagination, especially to non-Ethiopians. It was attended by the fall of one of the oldest monarchies in the world, the transition from capitalism, the violent m...

THE OFFICE: DARKLY COMEDIC, LIGHTLY TRAGIC

July 25 , 2020 . By Christian Tesfaye

The advantage that TV shows have over movies is the sheer amount of time at their disposal for character development. And there are few shows that have taken to exploiting this advantage with a sense of zeal that has rarely ever been achieved as has the A...

A Space Odyssey: Lessons on What Makes for an Endlessly Repeatable Movie

July 10 , 2020 . By Christian Tesfaye

There are movies and then there are pieces of art that have defined what cinema is. One of those movies is, inarguably, at least if we go by critic’s best-movies-of-all-time picks, 2001: A Space Odyssey. There are some ways of telling if a movie is t...

Columns

Editorial

Regional Fiscal Perfidy Stems from an Indulgent Fed. Alarming!

April 10 , 2021

It is not often the case for regional states' leaders to swallow their vanity and dec...

Bailout Needs to Contend with Original Sin of Political Corruption

April 3 , 2021

As an Auditor General, he was not the most conspicous of officials in the mainstream...

At Odds with Dev't Partners, Ethiopia Could Miss Out on Improving World Economy

March 27 , 2021

In an unprecedented turn of irony, just as Ethiopia began an attempt to open up to th...

With Limited Room for Maneuver, Gov't Should Tread Carefully with Oil Supply

March 20 , 2021

There is never a dull moment in the tense and combative relationship between regulato...

Sunday With Eden

Everyone Needs to Answer for Ethiopia Predicaments

A few days ago, a friend told me an unnerving story – highly illustrative of Ethio...

April 10 , 2021 . By Eden Sahle

COVID Makes Comeback: This Time Without Kidding Around

Over the weekend, among the people who lost their lives due to the Novel Coronavirus...

April 3 , 2021 . By Eden Sahle

Life Matters

Don't Judge People by Their Tattoo

Do not judge a book by its cover, we say. But we still judge all the same. It is much worse when it comes to a living, breathing person. We...

April 10 , 2021 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

Forgive Some Debt in Time of Hardship

It is often people somewhere near the middle of the socioeconomic ladder who lend money and give the borr...

April 3 , 2021 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

Agenda

On Forex Front, New Rules Bring New Problems

April 10 , 2021 . By HAWI DADHI

For Fitsum Alemayehu (MD), general manager of Biotech Plc, an importer of pharmaceuti...

Ethiopia Lives Through the Worst of Times

April 3 , 2021 . By HAWI DADHI

A 59-year-old man, an actor by profession, fell severely ill about five months ago....

NO PLACE LIKE HOME: The Fate of Tigray’s Displaced

March 27 , 2021 . By MAYA MISIKIR

Merhawit’s days in the town of Mai Kadra, Tigray Regional State, were mostly calm a...

Mobile Money Pioneers Brace for Ethio Telecom's Entrance into Sector

March 20 , 2021 . By HAWI DADHI

It was a humid day out in Addis Abeba's streets where customers sat comfortably away...

Gallery

2020 in Posterity

January 5 , 2021

With an election initially expected to be held in 2020, the past year was supposed to be eventful. It did not disappoint. In fact, it outpaced expectations. Much of 2020 was talked about, analysed and debated. And thanks to technology, it was caught...